The Feel-Good Film

Projections ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-77
Author(s):  
Keyvan Sarkhosh ◽  
Winfried Menninghaus
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Film Criticism ◽  
Romantic Comedy ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Emotional Effects

In film criticism, “feel-good films” are widely dismissed as intellectually undemanding and sentimental entertainment. This study identifies key characteristics, emotional effects, and aesthetic qualities of feel-good films from the audience’s perspective. Although the feel-good film does not appear to be a genre in its own right, it is more than just a rather vague category. Romantic comedy films with a substantial share of drama are shown to be the most prototypical feel-good genre blend. Fairy-tale likeness and perceived lightness were indicated as key characteristics of these films. Yet for all their focus on happiness and relaxation, the emotional trajectories also involve serious conflicts and are experienced as profoundly moving. Moreover, preferences for feel-good films differ greatly, depending on gender and age.

scholarly journals Features of Experiencing a Spiritual Crisis and Attitudes to Self in Persons with Spinal Injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-64
Author(s):  
I.V. Vachkov ◽  
M.A. Odintsova ◽  
O.A. Tristan
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Spinal Injury ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Spinal Injuries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Spiritual Crisis ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Real Self

The article presents the results of the study of the specifics of spiritual crisis experience and attitudes to Self in persons with spinal injury (N=65) and conventionally healthy respondents (N=63). The characteristics of spiritual crisis most typical of people with spinal injury were: dissatisfaction and loneliness attributed to the past, present, and future; and suffering attributed to the past. The categories of dissatisfaction, loneliness, and suffering were heterogeneous, as reflected in texts produced by people with spinal injuries and healthy people of different sex and age. Groups distinguished by time elapsed since injury did not differ on quantitative signs of spiritual crises but differed qualitatively in their experiences of dissatisfaction, loneliness, and suffering. People who had lived with the injury longer often experienced uselessness, and a lack of contacts, attention, and support; they were disposed to self-flagellation and guilt. Their attitude to Self reflected in the texts of fairy tales. Healthy controls wrote simple fairy tales describing the interaction of the Real Self and Ideal Self. By contrast, people with spinal injuries focused their stories on emotional experiences of their attitude to Self (complicated fairy tales) or finding meaning, accepting oneself and life in all its fullness and variety (complex fairy tale). Counseling people with a spinal injury, one should take into account both gender and age of the injured person and the potential of the fairy tale itself, which becomes a resource in the experiencing of spiritual crisis and in changing attitudes to Self.

How gender, age, and socioeconomic status predict parenting goal pursuit

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 3313-3338
Author(s):  
Bonnie M. Le ◽  
John K. Sakaluk ◽  
Lisa C. Day ◽  
Emily A. Impett
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Parenting Goals

There are many factors that may influence parenting, from societal norms and expectations, dispositional differences, experience and maturity, and availability of resources. In the current research, we examined how stable demographic characteristics associated with these different factors predict the goals parents pursue with their children. We examined whether the pursuit of four parenting goals—child love and security, child development, parent image, and child acceptance—varies based on the characteristics of parents (i.e., gender, age, and socioeconomic status) and their children (i.e., gender and age). First, we provided evidence for the measurement invariance of the Parenting Goals Scale. The results suggested that across key characteristics, parents largely pursue the same four parenting goals on which they could be meaningfully compared. Second, meta-analytic results ( k = 5; Ntotal = 2,240) indicated that parents were largely similar in the goals they pursued with their children across their own and their child’s characteristics. We identified only a few exceptions, with these differences being small in magnitude: mothers and noncollege-educated parents pursued child love and security goals more than fathers and college-educated parents, older parents pursued child development goals less than younger parents, parents of older children pursued image goals more than parents of younger children, and lower income parents pursued child acceptance goals more than higher income parents. These results suggest that while there may be some small differences in parenting goal pursuit based on demographic characteristics, parents are largely motivated by similar goals when caring for their children.

HISTORY OF STUDYING THE CONCEPT OF BINARITY IN MYTHOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-230
Author(s):  
T. Merkibayev ◽  
◽  
A. Nurbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Cognitive System ◽  
Binary Structure ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The World ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Value Preferences

The article analyzes the existing ideas in linguistics about binary oppositions in mythological and folklore texts. The key characteristics of archetypal thinking that are reflected in such texts (descriptive and narrative) are clarified. A myth embodying an archaic vision of the world is considered as a cognitive system for folklore. The authors compare the scope of the concepts of mythologeme and archetype, which are the basis of mythological culture and folklore. The article systematizes and classifies the basic and particular oppositions that form the basis of the fairy-tale picture of the world. The problems of binarity and oppositionism are traditionally the mainstay of axiology, i.e. the field of human thought that operates with value preferences, and epistemology, which treats them as a methodological tool of reason. This study places the functioning of the binary structure in the sphere of ontology and uses the tools of tender Analytics.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying Bystanders

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Anne Campbell ◽  
Chrystal Whiteford ◽  
Krystle Duncanson ◽  
Barbara Spears ◽  
Des Butler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Large Network ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Emotional Effects ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

Cyberbullying is a relatively new and serious form of bullying with negative social and emotional effects on both victims and perpetrators. Like traditional bullying, cyberbullying is a social phenomenon and often unfolds in the context of a large network of bystanders. This study examined gender and age of cyberbullying bystanders out of 2109 upper primary and secondary school students in Australia. The actions the bystanders took when a peer was cybervictimised were analysed. The results of the study suggested bystanders to cyberbullying were most likely not to do anything or help the person cyberbullied at the time. Girls were more prosocial in helping students who were cyberbullied than boys. In addition, those students who knew someone who was bullied in both ways were more likely to tell their parents and friends about it than those who knew someone who was cyberbullied only. Implications for prevention and intervention in cyberbullying are discussed.

Cyberbullying Bystanders

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-129
Author(s):  
Marilyn Anne Campbell ◽  
Chrystal Whiteford ◽  
Krystle Duncanson ◽  
Barbara Spears ◽  
Des Butler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Large Network ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Emotional Effects ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

Cyberbullying is a relatively new and serious form of bullying with negative social and emotional effects on both victims and perpetrators. Like traditional bullying, cyberbullying is a social phenomenon and often unfolds in the context of a large network of bystanders. This study examined gender and age of cyberbullying bystanders out of 2109 upper primary and secondary school students in Australia. The actions the bystanders took when a peer was cybervictimised were analysed. The results of the study suggested bystanders to cyberbullying were most likely not to do anything or help the person cyberbullied at the time. Girls were more prosocial in helping students who were cyberbullied than boys. In addition, those students who knew someone who was bullied in both ways were more likely to tell their parents and friends about it than those who knew someone who was cyberbullied only. Implications for prevention and intervention in cyberbullying are discussed.

Mode and Structure in The Merchant of Venice

PMLA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 499-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Fujimura
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Merchant Of Venice ◽  
Romantic Comedy ◽  
Common View ◽  
The Merchant Of Venice ◽  
Anti Semitism

Athough The Merchant of Venice ranks with Hamlet in theatrical popularity, it ranks low in critical esteem. A play that is difficult to classify, it is variously labeled tragi-comedy or romantic comedy; but neither label embraces nor harmonizes the seemingly disparate plots. Further, the plots are often condemned as preposterous and unrelated to life; and a fairly common view is that the play is a fairy tale: “There is no more reality in Shylock's bond and the Lord of Belmont's will than in Jack and the Beanstalk.” Critics adopting such a position find the chief merit of the play in its “flesh-and-blood characters” who triumph over the shortcomings of the story, with emphasis on Shylock, who is sometimes regarded as the protagonist. The approach to Shylock has been diverse, ranging from Stoll's notion of him as a comic butt in terms of Elizabethan conventions to the view that he is a tragic figure. Readers have shown a preoccupation with Shylock the Jew as scapegoat, stereotype, victim, or Elizabethan usurer; usually this interest has taken a realistic turn, with concern over questions of anti-Semitism and the legality of the trial.

scholarly journals Activism resource of local associations of the Volgograd Oblast

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Alexander Vladimirovich Odintsov
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Volgograd Oblast ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Key Issues

The object of this research is the local municipal and rural associations of the Volgograd Oblast. The subject of this research is the resource of activism of local associations of the Volgograd Oblast. This research analyzes the key characteristics of the population of municipal and rural districts of the Oblast for emergence of activism, namely the unity in understanding of the key issues faced by local association and attention to them; presence of social solidarity and close communication; self-identification with the local territorial community. The main hypothesis of this research was tested with help of mass surveys of the population, conducted based on quota cell. Statistical population in this research – the population of the Volgograd Oblast (N=2,491,751). The basis for the quota consisted in the following: place of residence of respondents (municipal and rural districts of the Volgograd Oblast), as well as gender and age of respondents. The total size of the cell is n=848 respondents. The novelty of this research consists in the fact that for the first time it is determined that rural local associations possesses greater potential for activism than their urban counterparts, which can become a substantial base for development of rural areas if properly applied.

Letter to the Editor Concerning Skuk et al., “Parameter-Specific Morphing Reveals Contributions of Timbre and Fundamental Frequency Cues to the Perception of Voice Gender and Age in Cochlear Implant Users”

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 4325-4326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Meister ◽  
Katrin Fuersen ◽  
Barbara Streicher ◽  
Ruth Lang-Roth ◽  
Martin Walger
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Stimulus Type ◽  
Voice Perception ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
General Influence

Purpose The purpose of this letter is to compare results by Skuk et al. (2020) with Meister et al. (2016) and to point to a potential general influence of stimulus type. Conclusion Our conclusion is that presenting sentences may give cochlear implant recipients the opportunity to use timbre cues for voice perception. This might not be the case when presenting brief and sparse stimuli such as consonant–vowel–consonant or single words, which were applied in the majority of studies.

Learning Motivation of Adults Involved in AAC Intervention

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Thiessen ◽  
Christy Horn ◽  
David Beukelman ◽  
Sarah E. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Key Characteristics

Abstract The augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) personnel framework identifies the various types of people involved in successful AAC interventions. The purposes of this article are to summarize information in the AAC intervention literature that documents the role and impact of various AAC personnel, describe key characteristics of adult learners, and review research that focuses on learning motivations and preferences of adults within the AAC framework.

Differential Performance of Professional Dancers to the Music Apperception Test and the Thematic Apperception Test

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-49
Author(s):  
Leland van den Daele ◽  
Ashley Yates ◽  
Sharon Rae Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Visual Processing ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Professional Dancers ◽  
Visually Based ◽  
Modality Preference

Abstract. This project compared the relative performance of professional dancers and nondancers on the Music Apperception Test (MAT; van den Daele, 2014 ), then compared dancers’ performance on the MAT with that on the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT; Murray, 1943 ). The MAT asks respondents to “tell a story to the music” in compositions written to represent basic emotions. Dancers had significantly shorter response latency and were more fluent in storytelling than a comparison group matched for gender and age. Criterion-based evaluation of dancers’ narratives found narrative emotion consistent with music written to portray the emotion, with the majority integrating movement, sensation, and imagery. Approximately half the dancers were significantly more fluent on the MAT than the TAT, while the other half were significantly more fluent on the TAT than the MAT. Dancers who were more fluent on the MAT had a higher proportion of narratives that integrated movement and imagery compared with those more fluent on the TAT. The results were interpreted as consistent with differences observed in neurological studies of auditory and visual processing, educational studies of modality preference, and the cognitive style literature. The MAT provides an assessment tool to complement visually based performance tests in personality appraisal.

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